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FENCE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming aura Iletters Patent No. asaevaua td mass... 16,lees.

Application filed July 8, 1886. Serial No. 207,460. (No model.)

The invention consists of various parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan View of my improvement with parts of the fence-reelin section. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line00 as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same onthelineyy of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation of thetwisting and tension devices. Fig. 5is aplan view of the same. Fig. 6 isa cross-section of the twisting-spindle, and Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview of the finished fence.

The different parts of the machine are mounted 6n a frame, A, ofsuitable construction, and provided with a number of hollowtwisting-spindles, B, placed in a horizontal plane and mounted insuitable bearings on the front part of the frame A. ThespindlesB areconnected with each other by gear-wheels G, meshing into each other andoperated from a crank-arm, D, attached to one of the Spindles B. Eachspindle B is provided with two rectangular arms, B, placed opposite eachother, and each carrying a wire-reel, E, from which unwinds a wire, F orF, respectively, which passes through an aperture, B in the hollowspindle B, and along the inside of the spindle and out of the samethrough the aperture B and thence to the tension device G, secured tothe inner'end of the spindle B.

The tension device G consists of the keepers H, each fastened to thespindle B, and having a longitudinal groove, H, through which passes oneof the wires F or F, and in which groove is guided the tension-springplate I, the under bent ends of which rest on the said wires F or F, andthrough which passes centrally a Screw, J, secured to the keeper H andprovided on its outer end with a head or thumb-piece, J, which Screwsupon the top of the spring-plate I. Directly below the tension device Gis mounted on the frame A the beater-shaft K, provided with a number ofheaters, K, and operated from one side of the frame A by a crank-arm, Ksecured to the said shaft K.

The picket-gage or spacing device L consists of long and shortadjustable rectangular rods M and M, each secured by two nuts to thecrossbeam N, which slides vertically in the guide 0, attached to eachside of the frame,

-- and the cross-beam is also provided with down wardly-extending armsN, connected, respectively, withithe arms P, secured to the oscillatingshaft P, having its bearing in the frame A, and provided with a spring,P", one end of which is connected with the arm P, and its other end isconnected with a cross-beam of the frame. The rod Q c'onnectst-hecross-beam N with a foot-treadle, Q, pivoted to one side of the frame A.

At the rear end of the frame A at the top is placed'the loop-tighteningdevice B, which consists of a stationary roller, R, and of a self-adjusting pressure-roller, R, placed above the roller R and held in contactwiththe same by the springs R one end of each of which rests on thespindle of the roller R, the other ends resting on the plate R,sliding'in the guides B attached to the frame A. A setscrew, R screws onthe said plate R*, and Serves to keep the tension of the spring R On thebeams A, extending from the rear of the frame A, is mounted, in suitablebearings, the reel-shaft S of the reel S, which shaftis provided with anumber of slots, S,(see Figs. 1 and 2,) through each of which passes anarm, 8, pivoted in the center of the reelshaft S. The arms S project oneach side of the shaft S, and several arms, S are pivotally connectedwith each other on their outer ends by the cross-rods S". .On eachend ofthe shaft S is Secured a ratchet-wheel, S, which engages with astop-pawl, S pivoted to the beam A, and also engages with a pawl, T,pivoted to a crank-arm, T, on the shaft T provided with anothercrank-arm, T which is connected by a link, T, to the hand-lever U,placed on the front end of the machine.

On a post, A, secured to the frame, in the center, near the front end,is pivoted a lever, V, on which is pivoted, on each side of the machine,an arm, V, the lower end of which slides in the guides V, secured to theinner faces of the uprights-A of the frame A. The lower end of each armV is provided with guide-rollers V between which passes a wire, W, whichunreels from a reel, W, mounted on a spindle, WV", secured to the frameA.

Between the inner ends of the spindles B p and the tightening-rollers Rand R are arranged a number of horizontal slats, A, secured to the frameA between its respective sides, and supported by suitable cross-beams.

These slats form a table for the top of the machine, over which thefence passes.

The operation is asfollows: When the machine is in the position showiiinFig. 1, the wires F and F from the reels E form directly above the slatsA an opening between the tension device G and the first long'gage-rods,M, so as to permit of the insertion of a picket, a, which is beatenagainst the stop of the gagerod M by turning the crank-arm K", which r0;tates the beaters K. Then the operator turns the crank-arm D, wherebyall the spindles B are rotated, and thereby form any desired number oftwists in the wires F and F between the picket a and the tension deviceG. After this is accomplished the operator presses on thetreadle Q,which moves the gage-rods M and M downward and permits a forward.

motion of the fence, which motion is accomplished by pressing the leverU upward in the direction of the arrow a, which causes the reel S toturn by means of the pawl T engaging the ratchet-wheel S, and therebywinds up the fence. As soon as the picket a has passed the stop of thelong rod M the operator releases the pressure on the treadle Q, and therods move back to their former position, as

new picket is inserted, and the above described operation is repeated. 7

It will be seen that the bent ends of the spring-plate I of the tensiondevice G rest on the respective wires F and E, and the tension of thesaid spring-plate I can be increased or diminished by screwing thewinged nuts J down'on the said plate, whereby the feed of the wires Fand F from'the reels E is diminished or increased, and strong andgoodtwists are formed between the pickets. Any size of wire can be used,as tensions can be placed on small wire as well as on large wire. Assoon as the fence passes under the rollers R and R the rollers press thewires F and F closely to and intothe pickets, and the twists are alsosubjected to pressure to close them firmly. The fence is wound upon thereel S by. coiling around the cross-bars S, and when any desired lengthof fence is coiled on the said reel S, then the ratchet-wheels S areremoved from the shafts S, and the arms S are turned on their pivots,whereby the cross-bars S move inward toward each other, and thereby freethe coil of wire fence and permit the withdrawal of the reel from theinterior of the coil of fence. The ratchet-wheels are then replaced onthe beams A. 1

Anadditional top and bottom wire can be attached to the fence from thereels W, from which the wires pass up between the guiderollers V anddown and under the first picket, a, on one side of the machine, and overthe same picket a on the other side of the machine, as one side of theguide-rollers V is up above the spindles B While the other side is belowthe same. The position 'of the two wires W is alternately changed by theoperator by moving the handle of the lever V up or down, whereby one setof the guide-rollers V will rise above the spindles B, while the otherdescends below the same.

It will be seen that the operator can insert two or more pickets betweenthe times of changingthe relative positions of the wiresW withoutinterfering at all with the weaving of the fence. The wires W aresecured to the pickets by staples or other devices, while the fencerests on the slats A, and before'e'n'tering the rollers R and R".

The object of placing barbed wire on the bottom of a low fence is tokeep hogs from rooting under the fence, and in placing it on the top ofahigh fence is to prevent horses from biting ofi' tops of pickets. Byplacing it on each side of a fence of four feet or more in height anddividing the fence in the middle by sawing in two I have t'woseotionsofshort fence, and each section has a barbed wire on the bottom. Thelatter can be placed on'high fences, if so desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is c 1. In a fence-machine, the combination ofthe twisting spindles B with the screwth'readed right-angled gage-rods Mand M, having applied thereto upon each side of their supportsadjusting-nuts, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a fence-machine, the combination of the twisting-spindles B withthe adjust-able gagerods M and M, the cross-beam N, and a device forraising and lowering the same, substantially as'shown and described.

3. In a fence-machine, the combination of the twisting-spindles B, eachprovided with a tension device, G, with the adj ustablegage-rods M andM, the cross-beam N, carrying the said rods M and M, and provided withan arm,

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N, the arm P, attached to the shaft P, and the spring P, substantiallyas shown and described.

4c. In a fence-machine, the reel S, consisting of the shaft S, havingslots S", within which are pivoted the arms 8 and the cr0ss-bars Ssubstantially as shown and described.

5. In afence-machine, the tension device G, attached to the hollowspindle B, and consisting of the keepers H, each having a groove, H, thespring-plate I, and the screw J, having a head or thumb-piece, J,substantially as shown and described.

6. In a fence-machine, the rotating hollow spindles B, each havingapertures B and B, and being provided with arms B, each carrying awire-reel, E, in combination with a ten- ROBERT F. DEERING:

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H. H. HOLMBERG, JOHN B. BLACKBURN.

